Application crash via descriptor bounds miscalculation
Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in libusb before 1.0.30 allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB descriptor. parse_iad_array() compares bLength with the original buffer size rather than the unconsumed length, then reads the next descriptor header one byte beyond the allocation. Exploitation requires control of descriptor data, such as through USB passthrough in a virtualized environment, and interrupts the process that invokes the affected interface-association APIs.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in libusb before 1.0.30 allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a malformed USB descriptor. parse_iad_array() compares bLength with the original buffer size rather than the unconsumed length, then reads the next descriptor header one byte beyond the allocation. Exploitation requires control of descriptor data, such as through USB passthrough in a virtualized environment, and interrupts the process that invokes the affected interface-association APIs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-47104
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- May 27, 2026
- Vendor
- libusb
- Product
- libusb
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.0.30
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Public exploit references
- Upstream parse_iad_array ASan reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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